Spotlight no finding a document

Spotlight is not finding a file i.e.
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Mountain Lion & Lion would do this basic tarsk. Why cant Mavericks do it?
When I search manual I can find it no problem but it takes a lot longer!!!!!
Help HELP HELP somebody please.

Spotlight has been flakey for me ever since Mountain Lion... Sometimes re-indexing will help.
To re-index your whole startup disk, open System Preferences, select Spotlight, select the Privacy tab, click the plus ( + ) button, add your startup disk (Macintosh HD, or whatever name it goes by), then remove it by clicking the minus ( - ) button. Afterwards, spotlight should perform a fresh indexing of the disk.
Read more about this solution here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2409?

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